Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19265, William Fitch, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born
Fitch, William Mary
W. 19265.
CONTENTS

20.422 New York
William Fitch
of Sullivan in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Morris of the Regt. commanded by Col. _____ in the Continent- al line for 1 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept. 1833 and to the Rev. J. B. Brockman Madison
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 33 — $ 10 00 Annual allowance ending 14th  March 34 20 $ 120.
W. L. Williams } Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by _____ Clerk. Book E. Vol. 1 Page 56

4577 New York City Mary Hitch widow of William Conn. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
1891 July 7 Thad K Chul Kauski history NY
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of March 1849 and sent to Sherwood Hill Liberty NY
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 70 Vol. 11

William Fitch Was Born August 23 1764 Mary Fitch Was Born June 25 1762 they was maried may 6. 1784 Smith Fitch was born December 2 1785 Abraham Fitch was born February 24 1788 William Fitch was born March 21 1790 Luke Fitch was born July 18 1792 Betsy Fitch was born September 30 1794 Ursula Fitch was born February 5 1797 Phebe Fitch was born September 18 1800 Elijah Fitch 2 was born November 3 1803 James D Fitch was born December 29 1805 Edward Fitch was born July 9 1809

In the year 1799 Luis Greenmon Br d to Carting one load from reaping 0:10:0 to 1 half days work 0:2:0 to waiting Cloth to one days work 0:4:0 to 2 bushels of potatoes 0:1:6 to 1 bushels and half of buckwheat 0:3:9 1 2 3
to horse 1:0 to day's work 1:0 to 1 bushel of potatoes 0:1:6 to 1 bushel and half of buckwheat 0:3:9

State of New York County of Sullivan ss On this sixth  seventh day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before William Gillespie, Esq Samuel Smith Thomas Gray Esquires
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Sullivan now sitting William Fitch a resident of the Town of Liberty in the said County of Sullivan & said State of New York aged sixty eight years on the twenty third day of August last who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following dec- laration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer & served as herein stated: to wit - and first he states that he was born on the twenty third day of August in the year one thousand seven hundred & sixty four in the town of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut - That he has a record of the same he was born which he produces to the Court - That he was living with his father in the said town of Norwalk when he was called into service - That after the revolutionary war he resided in the said town of Norwalk about twenty eight years & then removed to the said town of Liberty in said County of Sullivan & State of New York where he has resided until the present time
That on the first day of March in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty two he enlisted at the said town of Norwalk into a company of State Troops commanded by Captain Ozias Merrill for one year & served in said company as a private for the whole of said time - That during said time his service principally consisted of guarding

The Coast of the Sound in & about the said town of Norwalk. & for forming such other Camp duties as were required of him by his officers - That his said Captain has been dead a number of years - That he does not recollect any other officers of said company except Nathan Fillew & Samuel Hyatt who served as Sergeant, in said company - That he never received any written discharge from his said Service.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & delays that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state -
That he is acquainted with Jacob Templeman of the Methodist preaching, and who has charge of the circuit including said Liberty, Hiram Sanford a clergyman, David Hammond & a number of other persons in his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his service, as a soldier of the revolution.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Inverness and Subscribed
Before me J. H. Foster Esq. William Fitch
We Jacob Templeman, a clergyman residing in the town of Liberty  Reser in the county of Sullivan & State of New York, and Hiram Sanford of the said town of Liberty and County of Sullivan
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Fitch who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion - Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Inverness and Subscribed Jacob Templeman Before me J. H. Foster Esq. Hiram Sanford

In the matter of William Filoh
Perkin Papers 11852.
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states: And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jacob Timberman, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman in the Town of Liberty in said County of Sullivan, and that Hiram Sanford, who has also signed the same resides in the town of Liberty in said County of Sullivan, and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
M rs Gillispie Thos Cranz Samuel Smith Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan County —
I Jesse M Foster. Clerk of the court of common Pleas of Sullivan County do hereby certify that the following contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Fitch for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 10. th day of October 1832
Jesse M Foster

State of New York Sullivan County } ss
On this 20 day of July 1843 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Sullivan in said State Mary Fitch a resident of said County aged 81 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of William Fitch deceased a late resident of Sullivan County who was a soldier and served as such in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said William Fitch by the Rev. Mr Lewis who was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Norwalk in Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut, on the 6 th day of May 1784, and she further states that she and her said husband William Fitch were both residents of the State of Connecticut at the time of their marriage, that her husband the aforesaid William Fitch died on the 10 th day of March 1843 in the County of Sullivan and State of New York, and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four. Vir. at the time above stated, she further states that her husband the aforesaid William Fitch drew a pension at the time of his death at the rate of forty dollars per annum and that the leaf herunto annexed is a family record kept by her & her said husband giving her husband's age and her own, and likewise the time of their marriage and children's ages and that she believes the same to be correct.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me By making my mark - Joseph Grant
Judge of court
Mary Fitch her mark

I the said judge do hereby certify that the within na- med Mary Fitch is unable to attend the sitting of the County court by reason of old age & infirmity
Joseph Grant Judge
State of New York Sullivan County } ss
Personally appeared before me the under- signed one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County aforesaid Elijah Fitch a resident of said County aged 39 years on the 3 rd day of November last who being duly sworn says he is the son of William Fitch deceased a late resident of said County, and of Mary Fitch his widow who subscribed the foregoing declarations, and this deponent further states that the annexed leaf was taken from a book in his possession which formerly was an account book of his father's, which said leaf is a Family record kept by his Father & Mother which gives the ages of his said Father & Mother, likewise the time of their marriage and the ages of their said children, & this deponent states that his own age is entered on said record and he be- lieves said record to be correct in its dates & what it pur- ports to be and that he has seen & known said record to be in his father's possession ever since his earliest recollec- tion up to the time of his death & since that time in his own possession.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 20 day of July 1843
Elijah Fitch
Joseph Grant Judge of Com Pleas

Joseph Ellis 9735 Bloomingburg Sullivan Co. New York
Mary Fulch NY
Act 7. July 38
m 84 d 43 com 12 mo pri.
$40
Hon. Jeremiah Russell
H.R. for Ellis
Bloomingburg Sullivan Co. NY.

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Elijah Fitch & believe him to be of good moral character & entitled to full credit & belief
Joseph Grant Judge Court of Common Pleas
State of New York Sullivan County ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said county Joseph Ellis a resident of said county aged fifty two years who being duly sworn deposes that he has made diligent search for the marriage records kept by the Rev Mr Lewis and that no such marriage records can be found and that he has been informed by the Rev John Smith the present pastor of said church at Milrow in Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut that no marriage entries can be found of said records from March AD 1780 to November 1795
Joseph Ellis
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 20 th day of September 1843 J. O'Dunning J.P.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Joseph Ellis the above named deponent and believe him to be entitled to full credit and belief
J. O'Dunning J.P.

I Henry W Howell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sullivan, Certify that Joseph Grant and Jonathan D. Dunning are respectively Magistrates as within, and that foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs respectively are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 22 d day of September 1843 -
H. W. Howell Clerk

14,352
William Field.
Admitted
Private 12 months
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P. 286
probably a male man - specific reg d
Mar. 8-33
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Pl. Bowhead
M. C.

William Fitch, of Liberty  BRIEF in the case of  County of Sullivan  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Enlisted 1st March In 1782 1 private Capt Ogins Mearns, Court troops Sergt. Nathan Fellows 1st Lieut. Hyatt  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norwalk, Fairfield Co. Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a living witness & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attested 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. B. Wilcox Examining Clerk.  6 March 1833

O. W. and N. Division.
3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
ms. file 19265
Rev.
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of William Fitch , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Normal, Conn. - Mch. 1, 1782 1 year Pvt. Ozias Marvin Stephen St. Johns Conn                                                                 
Battles engaged in, none mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Normal, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 10, 1832 -
Residence at date of application, Liberty, Sullivan Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, B. Aug. 23, 1764, Normal, Conn -
Remarks: Sol. mar. Normal, Conn. May 6, 1784 Mary — b. June 25, 1762
Died - Sullivan Co., N.Y. Mch. 10, 1843. Wid. appl. July 20, 1843 ae 81 No. Sullivan Co., N.Y.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
420-435-486-492

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1907 Feb. 9. History to Mrs. Anna L. Horft. c
File No. 19265 Marg. Fitch Widow of William Fitch Dr. Rev. Mrs.
Act: Feb 29. 48
Index:—Vol. 14 , Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr 29. Apr. 24
5417
N. York City
Mary Fitch widow of William Fitch who was a Private in the Conn Line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Apr 1844 and sent to
Joseph Ellis Bloomingburg New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 259

8134
New York City NY
Rep 23 Feb 44
Mary Fitch widow of Mr Fitch
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 10 Mar. 1843 of Sullivan in the State of N. York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Mervin of the Reg commanded by Col in the Conn. line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of City New York at the rate of 40 Dollars Pents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Feby 1844 and sent to Hon Jeremiah Rufree N.Y.
Whole amount due $ 200.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. L. Swann Clerk. Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 157

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } vs Probate Court District. I, Stowell August 25. 1832 Personally appeared before said Court. Isaac Tilton of said Stowell aged 72 years being duly sworn in open Court depose and say that he is well acquainted with William Fitch of the town of Liberty County of Delaware State of New York and knows that on the first of March 1782 said Fitch entered in said Stowell into a Company of State Troops Commanded by Capt. Oziel Meigs and served one year The disbursement belonged to the same company and during the same time and further saith not Sworn and subscribed Isaac Tilton the Day and Year aforesaid and that said Isaac Tilton is a credible person Benj. Isaac Judge

Bloomingburgh Jan'y 25 th 1874
Dear Sir
I wish you to call up the application of Mary Fitch for a pension before the pension commission her application is under the act of 1838 the papers are on file by giving your attention to the above you will much oblige yours
Yours Very Respectfully J O Dunning Honble Jeremiah Russell
Please forward the pay certificate or an answer to J O Dunning Bloomingburgh Sullivan County N.Y.

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss. I Thomas Bloorne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Benjamin Isaacs Esquire whose own proper signature known to me to be genuine is annexed to the foregoing Certificate is an associate Judge of the County Court for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & was such judge at the date of his Certificate above written. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 6 th day of May A.D. 1833. Thomas Bloorne Clerk of said County Court

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Hatch which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Claimant should state the terms of actual service in the field or garrison in the company regularly embodied & called out against the enemy - Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

State of New York Sullivan county } ss
Be it known that on the 28 th day of June in the year of 1848 personally appeared before me Justice of the peace in and for the county of Sullivan Mary Fitch a Resident of said county who being first duly sworn according to law and states that she is aged 86 years and doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 24 th day of February 1848 granting pensions to certain widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of William Fitch who was a soldier who served as a private in the Connecticut State during the War of the Revolution and that she was a pensioner and drew a pension under the act of 1844 at the rate of forty dollars per annum under said act
Sworn and subscribed by making (Mary)  her  X Fitch mark
her mark June 28 th 1848
before me
Sherrard Kill Justice of the Peace
I the said Justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Mary Fitch and that I knew her to be in the receipt of a pension under the act of 1844 at the rate of forty dollars per annum under said act as stated by her in the above affidavit Dated June 28 th 1848
Sherrard Kill Justice of the peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK : Sullivan County Clerk's Office.
ss
I Certify, That at the date of the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is subjoined, the said Sherrwood Hill
was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same ; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County this 8 day of February A. D. 1849
Matthew Dickson Clerk.
W. A. L. B. M.
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In the matter of William Fitch Pension papers

Additional declaration of William Fitch the applicant for a pension mentioned in the papers herewith annexed made on oath the sixteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Sullivan County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in for said County, William Fitch within named & described I know to be who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that since making his original declaration he has recollected that the name of the Colonel in whose Regiment he served was Stephen St John but that he does not recollect the name of any other officer except that the name of his Lieutenant in Captain Mervin's Company was, as he thinks Rockwell.
That during his year's service mentioned in his said declaration he this deponent was in actual service in the field except some few particular times when he was permitted by his officers to return home for short periods - That the said Company in which this deponent served was, as he then deponent then, has always since understood & believes, regularly embodied and called out against the enemy & remained so embodied during said year - That his said Company was marched during said year from place to place along the shores of Long Island Sound for the purpose of guarding the coast from the inroads of the Enemy & that the service was continual & laborious consisting of all the usual duties of Troops so posted & situated -
William Fitch
State of New York Sullivan County ss
I do hereby certify that on the 16 th day of May 1833 the above named William Fitch, who is well known to me appeared before me & was by me duly sworn to the above affidavit, and that I believe him to be a credible witness.
P. F. Knapp Justice of Peace

State of New York } Sullivan County } ss. I Jesse M. Foster Clerk of the said Clerks Office } County of Sullivan do hereby certify that Peter Schumm Esq. who subscribed his name to the foregoing Certificate was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and really believe that the signa- ture to the said Certificate is his & genuine!
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County With the 16 th day of May 1833
Jesse M. Foster Clerk

State of New York } ss. Sullivan County }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Judges in and for said county Elijah Fitch a resident of said county aged forty years who being duly sworn according to law depose and says that he was personally acquainted with William Fitch decd late of said county and with Mary Fitch his wife who is now his widow and that she Mary Fitch aforesaid applied for and obtained a five years pension under Act of 1838 and was paid at the Agency in the city of New York as he has understood and believes the same to be true and the aforesaid Mary Fitch still continues a widow.
Sworn and subscribed this 17 th day of April 1844.
Elijah Fitch
Joseph Grant Judge
I the said Judge do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Elijah Fitch and know him to be a man of good character and that his is entitled to credit and belief.
Joseph Grant Judge
I Henry H. Howell clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan County, certify that Joseph Grant is a judge as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name this 22 nd day of April 1844.
Henry H. Howell Clerk

State of New York } Sullivan County } ss.
Joseph Ellis agent Bloomingburgh Sullivan County N.Y.
5/6/58
On this 17 th day of April 1844 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Sullivan in said state Mary Fitch a resident of Sullivan county aforesaid aged 82 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843 entitled an act granting one years pension to certain widows of persons who served during the war of the revolution. that she is the widow of William Fitch deceased a late resident of said County who served during the War of the Revolution. and was in the receipt of a pension at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum at the time of his death. She further states that she herself applied for and obtained a five years pension at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum under act of 1838 and was paid at the agency in the City of New York. and that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above named William Fitch
Sworn and subscribed } Mary her X Fitch before me the day and } mark. year last above written by making her mark
Joseph Grant Judge
Joseph Ellis Bloomingburgh N.Y.
Mr. Fitch $40 per ann

H. C. Jan'y 29. 1844
Hon J. Edwards
Allow me to send you yet another application for a Widows Pensions. It appears from the letter Rev. and which I enclose you that the papers of Mary Fitch are in your office. and H. S. and all correct. Be so good as to make out her certificate and enclose it to me. - and if any further proof is wanting Be so good as to write me the particulars.
And I have the Honor to be yours With much regard V.
Jeremiah Russell

Chicago Dec. Jan 14 th 67 1132 Racoon Blvd.
To Adjutant General,
Dear Sir, I From Washington.
I'm obliged to you, for information, concerning services, of William Litch, in Revolutionary War. Captain Ozias Mowry's Company, Col. Stephen L. Johns, Regiment, Connecticut Militia.
Alford Hanford in War. 1812. Captain Isaac Bennett's Company, 4 th Regiment, Infantry

Commandant William Burr, Fairfield, etc.
Any information, will be greatly appreciated, by their grand, and great- grand, daughter, who desires to join the society of D.A.R.'s
Alford Hancoff Hanford's (born Nov. 8) oldest living child, is in New York, his youngest, (both my aunts,) lives 73. North Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn.

The latter, marries, eighty. more, married, but took care of her widowed, another, who was a daughter, of William Fitch. Kindly, let me know, if she, or her single daughter, was entitled, to a pension? My mother applied, for one, and. Grandmother, died leaving her daughter, alone, and dependent. She was, nearly 97 years old, when she died, a noble, woman, loved by all. Hoping, for an

early reply, which would favor. Yours loyally,
Thomas L. Hoyle.
1132. Racer Blvd Chicago, Ill.

22 I had to go to Clarksville March 21 1891 from Pulaski Conn

ALFRED BERNARD,
96 & 98 PRINCE STREET,
SAN DONATO STRAW WORKS,
New York, U. S. A.
Florence, Italy.
S. B. BERNARD.
New York, Feb 21 st 1891
19265 Hon. Green B. Mann
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I have taken the liberty of writing to you for some necessary information by the advice of Col Asa Bird Gardiner. I am a candidate for membership in the "Sons of the Revolution" and owing to the loss of family records by the burning of the old family homestead, I am unable to give a complete history of my maternal Great-grandfather William Fitch  of  Wilton Conn , who was a soldier in the Revolution, having joined the Continental Army at the age of 16 or 17, undoubtedly a Connecticut Regiment near his locality. I have understood that he was with the Army on Long Island, he was wounded and drew a pension up to time of his death being then about 79 years old, after his death his widow Mary Fitch drew a pension during her lifetime. William Fitch died and was buried at Liberty, Sullivan County, New York .
I desire to obtain whatever record there may be on file at the Pension Office respecting his service  date of birth and date of death . will you kindly

have the same looked up and send me full record and particulars, as I am unable owing to loss of family record to give dates required, and the descendants now living do not agree in matter of dates and facts, which compels me to ask your kind indulgence in getting at the information requested, Trusting you will favor me with an early reply I remain
Yours respectfully
Shaddens. Kosciszko. Chutkowski
Address care
Alfred Bernard 96 & 98 Prince St New York

ALFRED BERNARD,
96 & 98 PRINCE STREET,
SAN DONATO STRAW WORKS,
New York, U. S. A.
Florence, Italy.
S. B. BERNARD.
PRICE
New York, May 26 th 1891
For Gen. B. F. Mann Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
I wrote to you over two months ago asking for certain information about a Revolutionary Pensioner named William Fitch of Westport Conn. I gave all the information that I had to enable you to complete what was wanted, I have expected to receive a reply of some kind, and it is my first experience in writing to a Government Department that a reply has failed to reach me. I respectfully ask that my first letter be looked up and if your Department has the information requested, to send me the same as soon as conveniently possible as it is necessary for me to use it at once be kind enough to give this your attention and oblige
Yours respectfully Thaddeus K. Chutkowski 381 Pacific St. Brooklyn N.Y.

Feb. 11, 1907.
Mrs. Anna L. Hoyt, 1132 Roscoe Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 14th and received in this Bureau on the 31st ultimo, you are advised that there is no existing law granting pension to granddaughters of soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
In addition to the enclosed military history of William Fitch (Widow's File No. 19,265), you are furnished the following copy of a record of births on file with the other papers:
William Fitch was born August 23, 1764, Mary Fitch was born June 25, 1762 they was married May 6, 1784.
Smith Fitch was born December 2, 1785. Abraham " " " February 24, 1788. William " " " March 21, 1790. Luke " " " July 18, 1792. Betsy " " " September 30, 1794. Arsula " " " February 5, 1797. Phebe " " " September 18, 1800. Elijah " 7 " " November 3, 1803. James D. " " " December 29, 1805. Edward " " " July 9, 1809.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.